Although the Boks are the best team in world rugby and are possibly the finest Bok team ever, the debate around Peter De Villiers as coach is as polarised as ever, with those who claim him to be the best Bok coach ever and those who hold the view that he has been fortunate to inherit the best Bok team ever.
This has become a difficult subject to get objectivity on as like many other areas of South African life, it has become political.
Furthermore one gets the impression that a lot of observers are avoiding this subject as whatever your view, you are likely to get attacked by those on the other side of the political spectrum. As a result a lot of the comment tends to scratch the surface without taking a deeper look at what the requirements of a modern day coach should be.
When last did you hear a statement from the manager of the Bok team?
Do we even know who the manager of the Bok team is?
The modern day coach is in effect a manager. He needs to assemble a team of specialists around him who effectively take care of most of the coaching from a practical day to day point of view. The coach is therefore the managing director of the company. In managing his team of specialists and players he needs to be the one who has excellent man management skills as well as possesing the vision and direction in order to keep the team moving forward into the future. So although he needs to emply specialists, such as a scrumming coach, he also needs to have a very good tactical and technical knowledge of the game. This is where team selection becomes one of his most important roles and an area where his ability is tested out in the open for all to see. Simply put, the team selection, tactics and adaption on the day fall upon his shoulders.
Peter De Villiers needs to be judged in the light of the above requirements of a modern day coach. There can be no doubt that his attitude today is very different from when he first took on the job of Bok coach. His failure with the press is well documented. His racial statements in defending himself did not help his cause. His romantic view about the number of black players that should be represented in the team and his stated views on playing a brand of total rugby have all been adjusted as he has no doubt come to understand the pressures of being the Bok coach and the absolute importance of winning as a Bok coach.
In short he appears to have learnt on the job, which in itself is something that all good managers are very capable of. It is true that he has had an exceptional group of players to work with and there can be no discounting his passion and commitment to the cause of Bok rugby. He will still be challenged in the months to come and once again, how he responds as a manager to those challenges will determine his continued success or failure.
The harsh reality is that you are only as good as your last game, whether you are a player or a coach. Here is hoping that the Boks go from strength to strength.
TIGHT HEAD
Ek moes hom vertel dat in ons army dae het ons nie keuses gehad nie!..lol
@Polla – Hy weet jy praat nonsens. Ek gaan bly by brand die ding. 😈
@Ed_the_Lion – Nee ek sal dit nooit doen nie. Ek het respek vir die bulle, ek skree nie vir hulle nie, maar ek is maar die tipe wat elke ou sy plek in die son gun. Ek sal hom daar tussen die ander hang dat hy nie so opsigtelik is nie!..lol
@Polla – Hang hom in die garage. hehehe. Nee ek stem. Ek het Oos Transvaal gestoei. Sal nie my klere weggooi nie.
452@Ed_the_Lion – Dubbel PK vir jou… maar jy’s bietjie ver… klap sommer jouself… flok !
455@grootblousmile – Nee man, ek sal myself dood moer. Ons soek dit mos nie.
Tjorts manne. Huis toe gaan tyd.
Kyk, ek is ‘n groot skolerugby ondersteuner en baie van ons WP outjies speel in baie ander spanne, veral daar by die bulle! So ek koester nie enige haat teen ander spanne nie, ek skree net baie hard vir die WP teen hulle!.
453@Polla – Wou sê, daar’s iets classy aan jou…. was jy innie Army in Pretoorsdorp ?
PDK Skool of so iets (Daai ouens met die varkpan as badge op die beret)
457@Ed_the_Lion – Vanaand is Ed Hongaaaaar se kos !
Geniet dit tjomma!
Nouja, nou gaan ek ‘n matras seermaak…
Goeie nag, slaap sag !
Ek se ook nou tata manne die oge wil toeval.
Nag slaap sag
@grootblousmile – Ek het JL’s op KD skool gedoen in Voortrekkerhoogte in 86. Ek het toe so bietjie rugby en krieket daar gespeel. Die das kom van die krieket af!…lol..Ek het vir Weermag /20 so twee keer van die bench af gespeel as scrummie. Stranksy was die losskakel gewees. Maar toe kom die regte scrummi terug van beserings en my roemryke loopbaan is in sy moer!..lol
Nag mense…
Jamsteler?
@Polla –
My vrou het verlede jaar aansoek gedoen as die hoolanddros daar, maar het nie eers n antwoord gekry nie al was sy baie meer bekwaam en envare…
Logies het n #$%#* of %$#@*&%^$ (2 onaanvaarbare woorde gesensor deur GBS) die job gekry…
@Polla –
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